One of the marks of spiritual maturity is the quiet confidence that God is in control - without the need to understand why He does what He does.
- Anonymous -
Submission to the Father’s Will
Father, I wait thy daily will,
Thou shalt divide my portion still,
Grant me on earth what seems thee best,
Till death and heaven reveal the rest.
- Isaac Watts -
Christ above all
There is no tribunal so magnificent, no throne so stately, no show of triumph so distinguished, no chariot so elevated, as is the gibbet on which Christ hath subdued death and the devil.
- John Calvin -
Good out of evil
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
- Augustine of Hippo -
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Confidence of the future
I had feelings of fear about the future…The devil kept on whispering, ”It’s all right now, but what about afterward? You are going to be very lonely”….And I turned to my God in a kind of desperation and said “Lord, what can I do? How can I go on to the end?” And He said, “None of them that trust in Me shall be desolate.” That word has been with me ever since.
-Amy Carmichael-
Keep reading Scripture
Have you noticed this? Whatever need or trouble you are in, there is always something to help you in your Bible, if only you go on reading till you come to the word God specially has for you. I have noticed this often. Sometimes the special word is in the portion you would naturally read, or in the Psalm for the day,…but you must go on till you find it, for it is always somewhere. You will know it the moment you come to it, for it will rest your heart.
- Amy Carmichael -
Merciful chastisment
God shows us His love for mankind not only when we do good, but also when we offend and displease Him. How patiently he endures our transgressions; and when He chastises, how mercifully He chastises!
- Seraphim of Sarov -
God is, and all is well
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
- John Greenleaf Whittier -
Speak Well of His Name
In the greatest difficulties, in the heaviest trials, in the deepest poverty and necessities, He has never failed me; but because I was enabled by His grace to trust Him He has always appeared for my help. I delight in speaking well of His name.
- George Muller -
Waiting For God
Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do nothing until the command is given.
- G. Campbell Morgan -
